Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... thousands who hung entranced upon the accents of the orator . Repeated North and South , as the most finished tribute ever paid by genius to patriot- ism , its influence was the greater because it added more than cighty thousand dollars ...
... thousands who hung entranced upon the accents of the orator . Repeated North and South , as the most finished tribute ever paid by genius to patriot- ism , its influence was the greater because it added more than cighty thousand dollars ...
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... thousand years , the scene , with all its incidents , would remain deep and vivid in my memory , only surpassed in intensity and endurance by the tragedy of the as- sassination of Abraham Lincoln . Mr. Lincoln was seated be- tween ...
... thousand years , the scene , with all its incidents , would remain deep and vivid in my memory , only surpassed in intensity and endurance by the tragedy of the as- sassination of Abraham Lincoln . Mr. Lincoln was seated be- tween ...
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... thousands of heroes who slept beneath the sod . On all sides stretched the battle - field ; and from Cemetery Hill the eloquent words of Everett were spoken , followed by the more brief and more immortal sentences of Abraham Lincoln ...
... thousands of heroes who slept beneath the sod . On all sides stretched the battle - field ; and from Cemetery Hill the eloquent words of Everett were spoken , followed by the more brief and more immortal sentences of Abraham Lincoln ...
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... Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen him , to disavow the appellation of Pretender so constantly . brought against him . " On the 27th of October Louis Napo- leon again addressed the Assembly in ...
John Wien Forney. name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen him , to disavow the appellation of Pretender so constantly . brought against him . " On the 27th of October Louis Napo- leon again addressed the Assembly in ...
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